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Science plan for the Alaska SAR facility program. Phase 1: Data from the first European sensing satellite, ERS-1Science objectives, opportunities and requirements are discussed for the utilization of data from the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) on the European First Remote Sensing Satellite, to be flown by the European Space Agency in the early 1990s. The principal applications of the imaging data are in studies of geophysical processes taking place within the direct-reception area of the Alaska SAR Facility in Fairbanks, Alaska, essentially the area within 2000 km of the receiver. The primary research that will be supported by these data include studies of the oceanography and sea ice phenomena of Alaskan and adjacent polar waters and the geology, glaciology, hydrology, and ecology of the region. These studies focus on the area within the reception mask of ASF, and numerous connections are made to global processes and thus to the observation and understanding of global change. Processes within the station reception area both affect and are affected by global phenomena, in some cases quite critically. Requirements for data processing and archiving systems, prelaunch research, and image processing for geophysical product generation are discussed.
Document ID
19900006996
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Carsey, Frank D. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1989
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
JPL-PUBL-89-14
NAS 1.26:185028
NASA-CR-185028
Accession Number
90N16312
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-918
PROJECT: RTOP 149-22-03-01
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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